Re: [gentoo-user] Hard drive noise

[Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>]

covici@ccs.covici.com wrote:
> Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> That would likely work.  I've also used a water hose to do that on
>> cars.  I'm not sure how well that will work since the drives are only
>> like a inch apart.  With the screwdriver I might even be able to feel
>> it.  It's not very loud but I can hear it.  One reason I can hear it so
>> well, the fans on my case are very quiet.  In a quiet room, I can't hear
>> the fans.  I can hear this drive noise even with the TV at a reasonable
>> level.  With no TV, I can hear it pretty well.  My water hose trick
>> wouldn't likely work but your screwdriver idea might work in more than
>> one way. 
>>
>> I also found this after the reply from Ian.
>>
>> https://www.backblaze.com/blog/3tb-hard-drive-failure/ 
>>
>> No wonder they had it on sale.  Heck, why didn't they just say it was a
>> good door stop instead of a hard drive??? 
> I always try to get something a bit better than consumer drives, at
> least the equivalent of Western Digital Red which now has a longer
> warranty -- notice that a lot of drives have only ONE year warranties
> now?  Doesn't that make you feel warm and fuzzy?
>


I'm feeling something but I don't think warm and fuzzy would be it.  :-@@ 

Dale

:-)  :-)